Lugia V #186 — Silver Tempest Pokémon card

Lugia V #186 Value

Name: Lugia V #186 — Silver Tempest
Brand: Pokémon

Silver Tempest · Card 186/215 · Ultra Rare · 2022

Lugia V #186 is one of those cards that stops people mid-scroll, a big Ultra Rare from the 2022 Silver Tempest set with artwork from kawayoo that really does justice to Lugia's presence. If you're looking up Lugia V value, you're not alone, this is one of the more searched cards from that set, and for good reason: it currently sits at $513 raw, which tells you collectors still care about it years after release.

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Market value & price

Raw / Ungraded

$513

Grade 9

$557

PSA 10

$1.4k

PSA 10 is 2.7× the raw price47,307 graded worldwideonly 26,068 in PSA 10

Value by grade

Where it drops

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PriceCharting history ↗eBay sold listings ↗PSA price guide ↗

Lugia V price history

Ungraded value is $513, up 80% over the past year, with an all-time high of $513 in July 2026.

Market value over time by grade. Hover for any month; tap a grade to toggle its line.

Lugia V price at every grade

The market value at each PSA grade, with how many exist (population). 47,307 graded copies exist — only 26,068 are PSA 10.

Grade	Value	Population	PSA / CGC
Raw / Ungraded	$513	—	—
PSA 10 (Gem Mint)	$1.4k	26,068	24,553 / 1,515
Grade 9	$557	16,784	15,723 / 1,061
Grade 8	$478	3,313	3,034 / 279
Grade 7	$298	510	464 / 46
Grade 6	$295	308	281 / 27
Grade 5	$68	169	158 / 11
Grade 4	$57	86	83 / 3
Grade 3	$48	27	25 / 2
Grade 2	$43	13	13 / –
Grade 1	$430	29	29 / –

Prices & population from PriceCharting. Grade values are PSA-based; population is split by grading company (PSA / CGC).

Card details

Set: Silver Tempest
Card number: 186 of 215
Rarity: Ultra Rare
Type: Colorless
HP: 220
Stage: Basic
Weakness: Lightning ×2
Retreat cost: 2
Illustrator: kawayoo
Released: 2022

Attacks

Read the Wind
Colorless
Discard a card from your hand. If you do, draw 3 cards.
Aero Dive130
Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
You may discard a Stadium in play.

Lugia V — collector's take

Is Lugia V worth grading?

So is it worth sending Lugia V off to get graded? Here's the honest math: a raw copy runs $513, a Grade 9 comes in at $557, and a PSA 10 jumps to $1,406, which works out to about 2.7 times the raw price. That's a real premium if you land a gem mint, but Lugia V isn't an easy card to grade perfectly. Out of 47,307 total graded copies, 26,068 have made it to PSA 10, so it happens more often than not, but there's still grading fees, shipping, and the wait to think about, and a Grade 9 barely moves the needle above raw. If your copy already looks clean under a loupe with sharp corners and no whitening, grading can make sense. If you're on the fence, it might be smarter to enjoy the card raw and let someone else take the grading risk.

How rare is it?

With 47,307 copies graded in total, Lugia V isn't a needle-in-a-haystack rare card, but it's not common either. What stands out is that more than half of those graded copies, 26,068 of them, earned a PSA 10, which tells you the print quality on this card was generally solid. That said, population numbers only capture what's been submitted, so plenty of raw and ungraded copies are still sitting in binders and boxes, never entering the official count. Scarcity here isn't about a card being rare to find, it's about how many are confirmed gem mint versus how many are still out there unproven.

Where to pull it

This is where PackSpy's own data gets interesting. We've tracked Lugia V pulled 200 or more times across sites like tilt-rips, mnstr, collector-crypt, courtyard, packs, and lastpack, so it's a card that genuinely does show up when people open packs online. The biggest recorded pull came in at $1,750, well above its usual market value, which is the kind of moment that keeps pack openers coming back. We've seen it turn up in products like Pokemon Mini Pack, Pack 3, Elite Pokémon Gacha Pack, and both versions of the Pokemon Starter Pack. Just remember, opening packs is gambling no matter how you slice it, and most rips don't beat what you'd pay buying the card outright on the secondary market.

Questions people ask

How much is Lugia V worth?

A raw or ungraded Lugia V is worth $513 right now. If you've got one graded, a Grade 9 sits at $557, and a PSA 10 gem mint copy is valued at $1,406. Prices shift with the market, but those are the current benchmarks for Lugia V value.

Is Lugia V worth grading?

It depends on your copy's condition. A PSA 10 is worth about 2.7 times the raw price, jumping from $513 to $1,406, and with 26,068 of the 47,307 graded copies hitting PSA 10, gem mint isn't rare for this card. Just weigh the grading fees and wait time against a Grade 9 result, which only lands at $557.

What set is Lugia V from?

Lugia V #186 comes from the Silver Tempest set, released in 2022. It's an Ultra Rare card illustrated by kawayoo, and it remains one of the more recognizable pulls from that release.